in the family way
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Giovana and Yago are soon in the family way, in a story that covers many years, a bit too breezily, and many ups and downs in this couple’s growing — and entirely unexpected — family.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2022
When the call finally came, however, she had to inform the powers-that-be that she was in the family way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2021
Instant verification not only of being in the family way, but it can also tell you the baby’s gender.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 7, 2013
A grinning Carr began eagerly accepting warm handshakes, like a chap who'd just announced to his mates in the golf club bar that the wife is in the family way.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2011
The sound of his voice startled her, and then, in a moment of sudden naturalness, she answered: 'Because I'm in the family way.'
From A Mummer's Wife by George (George Augustus) Moore
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